Name: Animal Forms, Wild and Tame Building Clay Animal Vessels
Start: 2026-03-01T10:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-03-01T12:30:00-05:00
Location: 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY, United States, New York 14222

Animal Forms, Wild and Tame Building Clay Animal Vessels

Artist/Instructor: Bethany Krull
Supplies included.
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As natural spaces grow increasingly scarce and compromised by environmental degradation, our homes become sanctuaries where we seek to preserve a connection to the wild. Through the art we choose, animals we share our lives with, and the greenery we cultivate, we engage in acts of both reverence and control, shaping our interior environments to reflect personal aesthetics and desires. In this hands-on clay workshop, participants will explore the complexities of this relationship as they sculpt an animal that also functions as a vessel. Through form, symbolism, and utility, each piece will reflect the layered dialogue between wild and tame, interior and exterior, and nature and self.

Session 1
Participants will sculpt their chosen animal form in clay, focusing on both the creature’s likeness and the vessel’s function.
Session 2
Using sgraffito carving techniques, participants will add black and white surface details to enhance texture, pattern, and expression.
*All ceramic pieces will be finished with a clear gloss glaze and will be available for pickup at the Art Center once fired.
Supplies are included.
Participants bring an image or drawings of your chosen animal to use as reference for their clay sculpture.

Bethany Krull
Bethany Krull is a sculptor based in Buffalo, New York, making objects and installations rooted in the complicated relationships that exist between humans, other animals, and the environment. She is interested in the contrasts that exist between wild nature and the controlled, modified, and sanitized versions we bring into our interior spaces, as well as the surrogate habitats and genetic variations we create for ourselves and other animals in response to our ever-shrinking and toxic natural spaces. Bethany Krull is a part of the Living Legacy Project at the Burchfield Penney Art Center.